Malcolm Brenner, MD
Enriched profileDirector, Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, and Houston Methodist Hospital · Baylor College of Medicine
Malcolm Brenner is Director, Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, and Houston Methodist Hospital at Baylor College of Medicine. OpenAlex indexes 1,019 publications with 59,020 citations (h-index 121); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 21 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 5% of Hematology / Oncology profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
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Overview
Updated 18 Oct 2026
Malcolm Brenner, MD, is Director, Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, and Houston Methodist Hospital. The public record shows 1,019 publications with 59,020 citations (h-index 121), centered on Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, CAR-T cell therapy research, T-cell and B-cell Immunology. It also documents an investigator role on 21 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 1 companies, 12 NIH-funded awards (1997–2026).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2023 · Science advances
- Top research focus: Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
- 21 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 1 companies
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indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 3 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 445.
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sourced statements on record- Professor
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine
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Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine
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Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
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Baylor College of Medicine
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Listed as an investigator on 21 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Treatment of B-CLL With Autologous IL2 and CD40 Ligand-Expressing Tumor Cells + Lenalidomide
Sponsor: Baylor College of Medicine
- Administration of Donor T Cells With the Caspase-9 Suicide Gene
Sponsor: Baylor College of Medicine
- Allogeneic Tumor Cell Vaccination With Oral Metronomic Cytoxan in Patients With High-Risk Neuroblastoma
Sponsor: Baylor College of Medicine
Industry payments
Updated 18 Oct 2026
1 company reported payments to CMS in program years 2024–2024. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LPProgram year20241 payment$10,275openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
NIH funding
Updated 18 Oct 2026
12 NIH research awards on record, funded 1997–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Project 2: CAR-T cell therapy for T cell lymphoma
Baylor College of Medicine
FY2026$489,036P50CA126752
Congress activity
Updated 18 Oct 2026
44 congress contributions (1998–2026) across AACR, ASCO, ASH, ESMO, SABCS per OpenAlex. The most recent:
- CLL-1 chimeric antigen receptor T-cells for the treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A phase 1 clinical trial
ASH Annual Meeting
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Publications
Updated 18 Oct 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- The safety and clinical effects of administering a multiantigen-targeted T cell therapy to patients with multiple myeloma.
Science translational medicine
Article2020
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01
- 02Inducible Apoptosis as a Safety Switch for Adoptive Cell TherapyArticle1,506 citations2011
- 03A distinct “side population” of cells with high drug efflux capacity in human tumor cellsArticle1,280 citations2004
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Network
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texaschildrens.org/find-a-doctor/malcolm-k-brenner-md-phd
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Education
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Editorial & leadership roles
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- Founding Director
Center for Cell and Gene Therapy
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- Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Baylor College of Medicine (Member, Executive Committee)
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